Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court at Wellington, an election to administer the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case.

Wellington, 22nd March, 1921.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Election of Member of Auckland Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1921.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, I, Harry May Skeet, as Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Auckland Land Board, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 14th day of March, 1921, to be as follows :—

Andrews, Ernest Frank .. .. .. 511
Goodwin, John French .. .. .. 36
Harris, Alfred Richard .. .. .. 76
Scott, William Henry .. .. .. 79

Total number of valid votes .. .. .. 702
Informal votes .. .. .. 84

And I do hereby declare that ERNEST FRANK ANDREWS, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Auckland Land Board as from the 3rd day of April, 1921.

H. M. SKEET, Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 13 of 1921.

CHATHAM ISLANDS.—CAUTION WHEN NAVIGATING THE COASTS OF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1921.

MARINERS are cautioned that the coasts of the Chatham Islands have not been closely examined, and persons not possessing local knowledge should not approach the shores within three miles, especially when passing salient points of the coastline.

It is reported that obstructions to navigation may exist off Cape Young (Mairangi) on the north-west coast of the main island, a vessel drawing 12 ft. being reported as having touched a submerged object with that cape bearing 242° at a distance of two miles.

The following publications are affected: Admiralty Chart 1417, and “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, pages 477–485.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—SAMUEL HANDS, Esquire, of 97 Gresham Street, in the City of London, and of Tatton, Edge-ware, Middlesex, England, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March, 1921.

W. A. HAWKINS,

Registrar, Supreme Court.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th March, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered in one lot for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 11th May, 1921, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Clifton Settlement.

SECTION 13s .. .. .. .. Area, 337 acres.
", 23s .. .. .. .. ,, 231 ,,

Total area, 568 ,,

Upset price, £6,520.

The improvements consist of a large and commodious house, three glasshouses, stable, and harness-room.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Clifton Settlement is situated in South Otago, and can be reached from Balclutha and Waiwera, both of which are railway-stations on the main southern trunk line. The distance from the Town of Balclutha is from eleven to fifteen miles by a formed road which is metalled for most of the way. From Waiwera the distance to the settlement is from five to eight miles by formed and metalled road. The settlement has a frontage to the Clutha River, on which a steamer plies. The steamer is capable of carrying grain, wool, &c. The settlement comprises nice easy rolling downs and ridges intersected by shallow gullies. The land has been very well treated in the past, and very little cropping has been done on it. The general quality of the land is very good, and the sections are suitable for the production of root, oat, and grass crops.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer, balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

Title will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

Further particulars may be obtained from this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.